Prosecutors seek death penalty against Jeffrey Eldon Miles Sr.

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Sep 1, 2010 at 12:01 AMJul 27, 2012 at 5:38 AM

The death penalty is being sought for a State Line man charged in the murder of a 29-year-old Hagerstown woman who was acting as an informant for a Pennsylvania law enforcement agency. A notice of aggravating circumstances was filed by the Franklin County District Attorney’s office Tuesday against Jeffrey Eldon Miles Sr., 47. Miles has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of Kristy Dawn Hoke.

Record Herald staff

The death penalty is being sought for a State Line man charged in the murder of a 29-year-old Hagerstown woman who was acting as an informant for a Pennsylvania law enforcement agency.

A notice of aggravating circumstances was filed by the Franklin County District Attorney’s office Tuesday against Jeffrey Eldon Miles Sr., 47. Miles has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of Kristy Dawn Hoke.

He allegedly confessed to killing Hoke on April 6 when he led local law enforcement officials to her body in a wooded area off of Ninth Street in Waynesboro. He reportedly stabbed her to death on April 3. Police have not said where Hoke was killed.

The notice, necessary to seek the death penalty, includes the following circumstances: torture, homicide during the course of felony drug delivery and homicide with the knowledge the victim is a government informant.

Miles will appear in Franklin County Court at 1 p.m. today for his formal arraignment.

He underwent a psychiatric evaluation early this summer and was later deemed competent to stand trial.

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